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Cinema Crazed: Pirates of the Caribbean 4 In The Works

The fourth installment to Pirates of the Caribbean is finally beginning to be produced. Rumors of a title and when the movie will be filmed have finally been confirmed. The title is ‘Pirates of the Caribbean:On Stranger Tides’ and the movie will be filming in Hawaii this summer. While I’m not sure if this will [...]



Sex and the University – Facebook Relationships: Do or Don’t?

Over 300 million people have a Facebook account; and chances are, you and your significant other are one of them. Facebook is an extremely easy way to stay in touch with friends and family, but does it put a strain on relationships?



Lunch Junkies

Gerry and Frances Gilkey [...] are in a class of their own. Unlike many schmucks (myself included), they don’t just eat free meals because they’re cheap or lazy. They eat them to get by.



Haitian earthquake brings together unlikely allies

As just about everyone knows, Haiti was hit with a devastating earthquake recently, and now the entire country is turmoil. Throughout the world, both public and private relief efforts have given millions of dollars and massive amounts of food and water to the Haitian people, and here in the United States, two unlikely allies have appeared as perfect role models: Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.



Cinema Crazed: Welcome to the futuristic world of ‘Avatar’

Over break, my cousin and I saw James Cameron’s newest film, “Avatar.” . Released in theaters Dec. 18, “Avatar”
has been a huge hit among viewers all across the nation.



Sex and the University – Generation Sex: The Technology Era

From Vanessa Hudgens to Rihanna, celebrities are getting down and dirty with their cell phone use and sending sexy pictures and texts to their “beaus.” Meant to be private, these pictures are circulating the Internet and becoming the desktop wallpapers of countless horny teenage boys. So the question is, to sext or not to sext?



Virtual vanity: let the beautiful reign

A national dating website recently discharged 5,000 of its members as a result of excessive holiday binge eating. After hearing this, I set out to experience the trials and tribulations of being rejected or accepted firsthand.



Barack Obama, America’s least favorite moderate

Ever since Barack Obama took office, Republicans have been warning against his “radical agenda,” a plan that would raise your taxes, bankrupt America and possibly kill your Grandma. Obama isn’t popular with the left either however. What is he?



Be your own personal chef

Do not be one of the 7,800 students with a meal plan who enter Nelson, Boyd, Jefferson or Shively and blindly pick industrialized grub set out for them.



Star Hazer: My 2010 celebrity predictions

It’s officially 2009, so that means out with the old and in with the new. I’m talking to you, Mariah Carey.



Reduce the military, save the country

This might sound crazy, but I have a way to fix the economy. My plan would save enough money to reduce the deficit and finance the much-needed public option. Best of all, it can be summed up in three words: Reduce the military.



Cinema Crazed: ‘The Blind Side’: The true story of Michael Oher

On Friday, Nov. 20, my floormates and I went to see a movie at the Athena Grand.



Cinema Crazed: Down in New Orleans, Disney’s ‘Princess and the Frog’

It is definitely the cutest princess movie that I have seen lately. Tiana, a waitress and aspiring chef who dreams of owning her own restaurant someday, believes in working hard and not waiting for Prince Charming to come around.



5 problems with health care reform and 5 ways to fix it

Let’s face it: America’s health care system is a disaster. We have some of the worst health care of any industrialized nation and one of the highest percentages of uninsured citizens. So, in an attempt to right this obvious wrong, Democrats introduced health care legislation. Unfortunately, everything has gone terribly wrong. Here are five examples:
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Discovering a different Christmas

Christmas has always been my favorite holiday. Between a visit from jolly ole St. Nick, presents galore and beautiful, chaotic family time, what more could I ask for? This year, however, I discovered an entirely new Christmas that is as ancient as time itself.